Vehicle-wheel with demountable rim.



C. W. GRESSLE VEHICLE WHEEL WITH DEMOUNTABLE HIM. APPucArloN mio APR. I, 1916.

1 ,264, 1 78. Y PzitntedV Apr. 30, 1918.

locking ineens being shown in UNITED sTATEs PATENT A oEEioE.

CRLES W. GRESSLE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIQ, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0 THE STANDARD PARTS COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION 0F OHIO.

VEHICLE-WHEEL WETH DEMOU'NTABLE RIM.

' Specicatiou of Letters Patent.

Application ied April 7, 1916. Serial No. 89,631.

To all whom z' may concern:

Belitkuown that I, CHARLES W. Gnnssige, a citizen of the United States, und :i resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio, .have invented u. new and useful lfm-- provenir-,nt in. VehiGle-Wheels with Deniountublc Rims, ci which the following is u. spot-iiifution, the principle of the inven tion being herein explained und the best inode in which I have contemplated upglv ing,` that principle, so us to distinguis iii from other inventions.

The present improvements constitute in elect e modification in the construction ot vehicle wheels with rleroounteblc r' which forms the subject metter 4of u @pending agr plioutiou iiled April l, 1916, by Lee V. Annable, Serial No. 89,624. -.n both, con-` structions o. combination Wedging und tying; action is utilized to secure, or lock, Athe de mountable rim onto the Wheel body, the inner side or edge of such rim being directl;v fitted Onto u beveled or inclined sont on the adjacent side of the telly-bend, or wheel body, while the outer side of such rim is secured to the Wheel bod5y buv ineens of devices which pull radially inwardly on the saine ut circumferentiully spuced points.

The object of the present invention is the provision of u simpler und more easily infin ufucturcd structure adapted to operate on this principle, utilizing fellihbnnds sind :"2 of the sume general style und dimensions us are ot present used in the manufacture ol s0-cul1ed Continental demounta-ble rime` wherein the rim is secured in pince wholly by .e wedging action. To the accomplish` ment ofthe foregoing,T and related ends, said invention, then, consists of the ineens hereH inefter full) described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The annexed drawing und the following; description set forth in detail Certain mechanism embodying the invention, such die# closed means constituting,y however, but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle ot the invention may bo used.

` AIn said annexed drawing-- Figure l. is un elevation of e half of wheel und rim, 'with my improved locking moons in place; Fig. 9 is u transverse secu tion ol' such Wheel and rim teken on the planiindiceted. by the lino 2-2, Fig. l, the u position approaching the final operative position;

Tho torni of demounlfxble rim l. .illustrated is emular to thl; currently 1n use,

known :is tbc Uontinentul rim, sind muy be either e. continumis rim, or iznnsplit as si'iown :it il, in lfig. i, or it muy be made of seci'ionul construction, :is will he readily unfflerstood, such mmiificalions in ctmstrucH 'tion having nothing to do with the present invention.. As illustrated, moreover, Suid rin'i .is shown with side flanges 3, :idepting it to receive-und sup `iort n. straight-sided tire, but obviously ticse flanges may be clenoher flanges for use with the correepondiirlgl type of tire if desired. The Wheel body, likewise, in the mein a familier construction, including' u fellv 4, surrounded by a folly-bund 5, the rear edge of which lient radially outwurel so to form on inclined flange il. with which this` Pour edge of the rim 17 when in sented position on the 'u bool, designed to engage.

ln such outinentul rim construction, es heretofore utilized, :L plurality of Wedges ere introduced in circumforcntielly spaced relation between the outer edge of the rim oud the corresponding odge of the telly bund in order to seeurely lock the rinnln place, the effect being to place the rim under tension es it were, by reason oit' the outward component ol the force exerted by Jche sern eral wedges.

lu the present construction. however. instead of such 'wedge elements, I provide e series of clamps 10. tho notion of which, as`- previously indicated. is to draw the rim at circumferentielly paced points around its, front side or outer edge. Preferably, these clumps 10 take or! the form of plates having their respective upper and lower ends 11 und l? bent inwardly at en obtuse angle to the bod", of the clump.

Such upper inwardly bent end ll of e; clamp plate, is adapted to engage with i no correspom fngly beveled outwardly directed edge of :i plate 13 xedly attached to the llo ^ alined therewith,

'flange `to the felly-band.` The under side of the rim. A series of such plates is provided, equal in number to the number of clamps used and respectively such plates being either riveted or welded to such rim, or else stamped up integrally from the material of the rim as desired. The lower inwardly bent en 12 of the respective clamp plates 10 are adapted to engage correspon ing y beveled edges on plates 14 xedly attached to the front face of the felly and so constituting, in effect, an integral part4 of the wheel body.

Movement of the clamps transversely of such wheel body is conveniently effected by means of nuts 15 on the ends o transversely disposed bolts 16 dprojecting through the side of the folly an the aforesaid plates 14, the clamps being preferably swiveled onto such nuts, so as to be carried outwardly as well as inwardly. The openings 17 in the clamps, however, whereby they are thus swiveled onto the nuts, are elongated a triie ina radial direction, so that a certain amount of movement is ipermitted the clam s ,in such direction, or the reason whic will presently appear.

The thickness of the plates 13 on the inner face of the rim is such that they very nearly, but not quite, equal the radial disstance between the outer face of the fell band andthe inner face of the rim, in t e latters normal condition.

With the clamps out of the way, accordingly, such rim may be readily slipped onto the felly-band or removed therefrom. When thus slipped on, the inner side or edge of the rim seats upon the inclined 6, that extends around the correspending edge of the folly-band, thereby securing a continuous circumferential support for such rim-side. U on applying the clamps 10 to the` several olts 16 by threadin the correspondi nuts 15 onto such bo ts, said clamps wil initially occupy the osition shown i Fig. 2, wherein 1t will c seen that the lugs or plates 13 have a slight clearance, or workin fit with respect istance however, between the respective inwardly bent or angular ends of the clamps, is such that upon drawing up the nuts on the bolts, so as to force such clamps transversely of the wheel body, the plates on the rim, as well as the attached Hortions of the. rim itself, are drawn or pu ed radially inwardly, until such lu s rest solidly upon the outer face of the fel y-band.

A slight buckling in an outward radial direction may be produced in the several arcs of the rim intermediate between successive clamps, but this is inconsequential and does not in any way affect the security of the mounting, the pressure ofthe load on such intermediate portions of the rim being transmitted, as by .a truss, to the supporting lugs adjacent the correspondin clam s. In order to remove the rim, it wi be o vious that all that is necessary is to release the clamps and either swing them out of the way, (if properly dmensioned) or else remove them, together. with the nuts to which they are attached, entirely from the bolts, whereupon the rim may -be taken oil' in the usual fashion.

Other modes of applying the dprinciple of my invention ma be employe instead of the one explains change being made as regards the mechanisml herein disclosed, provided the means stated by the following claim or the equivalent of such stated means be empio ed.

I there ore particularly point out and distinctly claim` as my invent1on:-` 5

The combination with a Wheel having a transversely beveled, outwardly inclined Y surface adyaccnt its one edge and a series of circumferentially spaced plates on its oposite side, said plates having inclined aces adacent their lower edges; of a demountab e rim for said wheel body having one side formed tov seat on such outwardly inclined surface; a series of plates havin beveled edges attached to the under side o said rim, bolts mounted throu and said plates, and a series o clamps movably mounted on said bolts and havin their upper and lower surfaces bent nwar y and a apted to engage with the inclined faces of said plates and means for 'moving said clamps inwardly on said bolts to clamp said rim to said wheel. 4

Signed by me, this 1st day of April, 1916.

CHARLES W: GRESSLE.

Attested by JOHN C. MANmNAcH, Howanb A. Fmce.

h said wheel 

